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Trump baby blimp back and could be even bigger for UK state visit
Source: The Guardian
Trump baby blimp back and could be even bigger for UK state visit
Balloon depicting nappy-wearing US president could be five times size of predecessor
Matthew Weaver
Tue 23 Apr 2019 16.08 BST Last modified on Tue 23 Apr 2019 20.25 BST
The Donald Trump baby blimp, which became the focal point of protests against the US president’s visit to the UK in July, will rise again for the state visit and could be accompanied by a bigger version, activists have revealed.
Anti-Trump campaigners are considering launching a hot air balloon, five times the size of the blimp, which would also depict Trump as a wailing baby in a nappy.
Leo Murray, who helped crowdfund the original six-metre-high inflatable, said: “The Trump baby will definitely fly again.”
He added: “We have been toying with the idea of a Trump baby hot air balloon, which would be about five times the size. But would cost a huge amount of money – upwards of £70,000.”
The shadow Treasury minister, Clive Lewis, called on protesters to “dust off the blimp” amid widespread opposition to the three-day state visit in the first week of June, announced on Tuesday.
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Balloon depicting nappy-wearing US president could be five times size of predecessor
Matthew Weaver
Tue 23 Apr 2019 16.08 BST Last modified on Tue 23 Apr 2019 20.25 BST
The Donald Trump baby blimp, which became the focal point of protests against the US president’s visit to the UK in July, will rise again for the state visit and could be accompanied by a bigger version, activists have revealed.
Anti-Trump campaigners are considering launching a hot air balloon, five times the size of the blimp, which would also depict Trump as a wailing baby in a nappy.
Leo Murray, who helped crowdfund the original six-metre-high inflatable, said: “The Trump baby will definitely fly again.”
He added: “We have been toying with the idea of a Trump baby hot air balloon, which would be about five times the size. But would cost a huge amount of money – upwards of £70,000.”
The shadow Treasury minister, Clive Lewis, called on protesters to “dust off the blimp” amid widespread opposition to the three-day state visit in the first week of June, announced on Tuesday.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/23/trump-baby-blimp-bigger-protest-uk-state-visit
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